RN refresher programs

I didn't realize you couldn't take a refresher if you'd been out for more than 10 years. I'm sorry you haven't been able to find anything. I've been out of nursing for 6 years and I'm taking an online refresher course this fall. Have you looked into online programs?

I am a recent refresher - I think there are are probably quite a few of us here. Maybe we need our own forum? Anyway, check with your state board. Mine has a list of refresher programs. Contact each one, and if they tell you they can't take anyone that has been out over 5 years ask them if they know who will. Best of luck to you!

I took an RN refresher last year. There were quite a few RNs there who were out of nursing for 20+ years. Don't give up. There aren't a ton of these classes and some of my fellow students traveled nearly two hours each way to take this course, but they survived. Good luck to you!!

I took a refresher course last year, I had been out for 9 1/2 yrs, but the colege did say they had had nurses who had been out for 20+ yrs, so there are places that cater for long gaps. My course was online for the theory and then I did the clinical at a hospital convenient to me, organised by the college.

Also, you may not have a lot of job choices right away when you do find one. I went on lots of interviews where they said - "we really like you, but you have passed the critical 5 year mark" Be prepared for the possibility that it may take awhile to get a job. If the refresher program is offered by a hospital your chances of getting a job there may be higher there.